J.P. Joshi

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As
Nepal's constituent assembly failed to meet Sunday's
deadline for the passage of a new constitution, a new report released this
week on the risks to Nepal's media should remind political parties that peace
and stability are not prerequisites to media freedom but rather that a strong,
independent press operating without fear is a requirement for a healthy civil
society.

New York, June 6, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the life
imprisonment of the two men who murdered journalist Birendra Shah. CPJ also
calls for the arrest of three local Maoists accused of masterminding the 2007
killing.